Fuck micro stakes

First time I've ever actually attempted to grind lol. I think I put in 30k hands in all of last year, so a single month is new for me, just because I normally play 1 table at a time so I can focus the most. I really started going downhill after I began 4-8 tabling rush. It's weird, because I dont even know how or why. It just seemed like I always found myself in spots where I simply had to bet or had to call. Occasionally a little tilt would creep up in there to go with it which only added fuel to the fire. I used to love rush just because I could single-table the game pretty quickly. Once I realized I could click buttons fast enough to play 8 I decided I might as well play 8. Either something is seriously wrong with my hand selection or I'm really just not giving enough thought to board textures when barreling away because I would consistently lose no matter what my style was, from nit to lag.

My bankroll is hurting pretty bad, so I'm just gonna suck it up and go back to one tabling, because I think a lack of focus is playing a huge part in these losses here. One thing to look forward to is with a reduced number of tables I can play with a more aggressive bankroll. Would really like to get to NL50 by the end of December. My game selection will simply be whatever I feel is +EV for me at any given moment, which is basically a mix of HUsng's, 6max, rush, and MTT's. Basically everything lol, it's hard to say, sometimes I just feel I'm in the zone for a particular game format.

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Heeh... last night I played some NL50 live and wore sunglasses at the table for the first time. I thought I would feel douchey and attract unwanted attention at the table, but turns out I felt quite comfortable in them and think it actually helped my game. Everyone is friends with each other so just a friendly casual home poker game, but I did receive many accolades for how pimp my glasses looked, being smoke gray mirror finish and all. Not sure how much of it was just jive and how much was legit, but they all seemed to act like it made me look more fearsome at the table and they were less comfortable engaging me in pots. LOL i know how gay all this sounds but it did help my confidence and thus helped me play a more solid game.

The real reason I brought them was so I could study players without them noticing. Im not quite comfortable staring someone down, and since this is a homegame I dont want to look like an asshole like Tom Dwan or someone doing it either. As a result I feel confident I picked up some pretty rock solid tells, in the sense like who stares at the board when they have a real hand vs who stares at their opponent when trying to bluff etc etc.

Anyway all was fun and I think I'll start wearing them all the time now hehe. 4 BI win for the session.

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If you leave the topic empty while creating a blog, the entire blog gets wiped out! 13/10/3 is apparently losing strategy vs 40/5/0 players. Gonna run a test. I am playing only JJ+ and AK+ for 1000 hands. GOGO!

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Thx goes out to edzwoo for the stat critique. Lowering my 3bet seems to have really helped a lot. Although only 1800 hands, obviously small sample, but the gameflow feels very different without so much 3 betting now. Also just forfeiting my blind unless I have a value hand to 3bet with. 3bet was a solid 2.5 until last 500 hands or so when I just ran sick good and had lots of 3bet worthy hands in position.

My vpip continues to linger around 12%. Should I make an effort to bring it up to 16 or so? My range is still top 16% of hands, I'm just being very selective about position when I choose to play them which may explain the small avg.

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Ok, am I still not playing tight enough lol? Maybe reduce my range in half again, play 5/5/3? All the 3betting is coming from blatant blind stealers with like 50% steal rates, or hands like AJs/AQo OTB vs utg/MP raises. I usually get a shit ton of folds so I'm pretty sure a lot of people are just opening 22+ and random suited connectors from any position.

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Is 8k hands a large enough sample? Trying to figure out why I keep losing. I feel like I'm playing solid enough. Generally speaking these stats tend to fall in line with winning players dont they? Just seems like if I'm not getting slowplayed, I'm value betting the worst hand vs droolers in spots where I simply have to bet.

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Uhhh, wtf? Played live and they implemented the seven deuce rule. Except that instead of seven deuce offsuit, it could be suited, cuz ya'know nobody should fold a suited hand. And winning didnt count unless you saw a flop, cuz ya'know everyone should be allowed to see a flop.

I actually felt gay playing this. Like all I could think about was stuffing a cock in my mouth and making someone moan.

Anyway I ended up getting 3 streets of value with 72 by hitting 2 pair vs whatever the fuck, plus a 4BB bounty from 9 players at the table.

HEH...

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haha, tilt reg'd after blowing my roll at NL50 HU, and binked my first one. This is actually the first rush tourney i've ever even played, and the first MTT i've played in like, months or even years maybe. I kinda liked it.

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Got bored with the grind so started playing NL50 HU. What was I thinking, every time I move up or switch games I always get doomswitched. Nothing like getting outkicked with trips in 3bet pots, drawing dead with 2nd nut flush draw, and jamming river for value with straights vs droolers who catch runner runner flush. $250 roll down to $30.

Obviously not really interested in playing at this point. Took me 30k hands and 30 hrs of play to get there. Probably gonna tilt it off at rush in a second. Oh well hopefully next tax return will give me enough so I can sit at some NL200 tables and focus.

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Whew. Back in the green, or black or whatever you call it. Guess I should have really taken that 3 day poker suspension I put myself on earlier.

Pro's: I made adjustments
Con's: I'm not sure what they are

Thats right, I am playing differently, I know it, but I cant quite put my finger on it. It's like my mood was simply different, more confident for some reason, and it affected my play in unknown ways. The only thing I can really say is that I'm playing more cautiously. My stats are still pretty aggressive I think. In fact, I think they're rather handsome, other than my W$SD%, obviously that has to increase. I've been focusing on HUD stats a little more closely in game, namely the positions certain players do certain things from. Maybe I was just getting variance'd to death earlier. I dont really know how to tell the difference.

Anyway, I think I'm gonna just avoid thinking about it too much, and just play in a manner that feels right.

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